LightVader (9/10/2013)

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jeff.stanlick (9/10/2013)

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paul.knibbs (9/10/2013)

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Frankly, it seems to me that having the company which is selling the software also providing the certifications for that software is a conflict of interest which is never going to come out well. We need to have some sort of large, well-recognised third-party certification to get some trust back in the system, but I have no idea what the chances of *that* happening are.

^^ This right here. As long as there is a chance of unclear motivations in handing out those certifications, they'll never be fully trusted.

I really like this idea. Having a third party running all tech certifications, not just Microsoft, sounds like a step in the right direction.

krowley (9/10/2013)

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Maybe PASS or some other user organization should start offering some sort of certifications. Perhaps based on lab tests of some sort that could be peer graded by a group of people so we lower the amount of personal bias in grading.

I think I could support this as well. It could be a good way to get it started.